with sweetened water attract them in large numbers, and when full
should be plunged in boiling water. Another successful "trap" is a
plate thinly spread with lard, this also to be dropped into boiling
water when filled. In order to protect the table from an invasion
stand the legs in dishes of tar water to a depth of four inches. Ants
have a decided distaste for the odors of pennyroyal and oil of cedar, a
few drops of either on bits of cotton frequently sufficing to drive
them away entirely. As for cockroaches, there appear to be almost as
many "exterminators" as there are housewives; but what is their poison
in one home seems to make them wax and grow fat in another. Borax and
powdered sugar, scattered thickly over shelves and around baseboards
and sink, is a favorite remedy with many, but it is an unsightly mess,
particularly in summer, when the sugar melts and becomes sticky. After
all, experience has demonstrated that the one really effectual method
of extermination is to besiege the roaches in their own bailiwick--the
pipes and woodwork about the sink--with a large bellows filled with a
good, reliable insect powder. Exit roaches!

THE REFRIGERATOR AND ITS CARE

The refrigerator may or may not stand in the pantry, according to
convenience, or as there is sewer connection for it. Some authorities
maintain that there is grave danger from sewer gas where the
refrigerator is connected directly with the sewer, and that, therefore,
the only safe way to dispose of the waste water is to catch it in a pan
placed beneath the refrigerator, unless the house is so built that the
waste pipe can be continued down into the cellar and there empty its
contents into a sink. A good, zinc-lined refrigerator, interlined with
charcoal, with a hundred-pound capacity, a removable ice pan, which
facilitates cleaning, and three shelves, is to be had for $16.50. In
selecting a refrigerator it is well to choose one of medium size, as a
larger one entails waste of ice, while a smaller necessitates the
placing near together of foods which should be kept apart, as butter
and milk with fish, fruit, etc. If one cares to invest in the
higher-priced refrigerators, of course those lined with tile,
porcelain, or enamel are very desirable, as they are easily kept clean
and do not absorb odors. But for the average income and use, a
first-class zinc-lined refrigerator answers every purpose. It should
be thoroughly cleansed, on the morning